Actually escrowed bounty should be one of the mandatory measures before any bounty campaign is allowed to come online. Many years have passed and still we haven't made any progress on this regard. Bounty hunters continue to participate in shady campaigns, only to get cheated in the end. And the promoters don't care, as they know that they can recruit bounty hunters, even with the most exploitative conditions.

That is the whole point. Let's not forget the fact that there is a female equivalent as well (aptly known as "female genital mutilation") being practised in most of the Asian and African nations. Abrahamic religions view sex as some sort of a sin. It is permitted only for the purpose of child bearing. This stance is entirely different from what we have in oriental religions such as Shintoism, Hinduism and Buddhism. And demonizing sex in turn will have just the opposite effect on society. Societies which are more regressive about sex have the highest incidence of sexual abuse and pedophilia. While those which are more progressive about it (such as Japan) have the least incidence of such crimes.

IMO, any coin without a fixed total supply is not a true cryptocurrency. Dogecoin was originally invented as a parody coin, to mock real cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Litecoin. Even it's inventor didn't expected DOGE to last long, or to gain this much popularity. But now there are indications that cryptocurrencies without an actual usage (such as DOGE) may be going down, as the market is getting more matured. IMO, it will be better to convert DOGE to other (serious) cryptocurrencies to avoid massive losses. 

I have been around for a while in the cryptocurrency sector. From what I have seen, the prices crash when we are least expecting it. And most of the time, these crashes occur when some of the governments take any anti-cryptocurrency measure. For example, the crash of 2013 December, and many others which followed it were attributed to Bitcoin trading ban from China. The same can happen once more, if a negative news comes out from China or any of the larger markets. And I have a feeling that this time either the IRS or the FinCen will be causing the crash, rather than China.

I agree with the first part, but not with the second. It is quite possible that the new technology may replace the old as far as the monetary system is concerned. But the replacement can only occur, if both the technologies have similarities and overlapping usage. Here, Bitcoin won't be able to replace fiat currency, because it is no longer used as a currency. It is mostly used for speculative investment purposes and using it as a payment medium is not very attractive because of the huge fees and delays in getting confirmation.

Is this even legal? How can the IRS ask foreign users of American cryptocurrency exchanges to pay taxes? If this measure is implemented, then it means that the foreign users who use exchanges such as Binance US needs to pay taxes twice - first to the IRS, and then to their own national tax authority. I guess people like me will simply stop using those cryptocurrency exchanges, which are based in the US. 

At least when compared to the 2017 bull run, media coverage has been sparse this time. Media got a lot of flake in 2017, for overhyping cryptocurrency. The bull run lasted only a few months and those who invested at ATH levels were scaring at a loss of 80% after few months. On top of that, there were huge scams such as OneCoin and PlusToken, which further tarnished the reputation of the cryptocurrency.

LOL... the answer is very simple. Even 21 million is not enough. It is a part of human nature, and we are never satisfied with whatever we have. Take the case of the richest people in the world, such as Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bill Gates. All these people have wealth in excess of $100 billion. But still they haven't retired from their profession. Despite all the wealth, they continue to make money. When this is the case with the richest people in the world, you can imagine the situation of ordinary people like you and me.

New Zealand now has the depth in their player pool, and at least part of this should be attributed to the massive influx of players from other countries. With the Kolpak option getting phased out in England, New Zealand has emerged as the primary option for the white players from South Africa. More than a dozen of them are currently playing domestic cricket in NZ. Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips were part of the team that beat Pakistan today and the playing XI also included Ish Sodhi (who was born in India).

I agree. If he had tried hard, then Canelo could have knocked out Callum in all probability. But during the last round, he looked settled for an UD. Callum put up a brave fight (I would say this, despite most of the posters here claiming that it was a lopsided fight) and he kept fighting despite suffering heavy damage. Even his biceps were dislocated, but he refused to back down. Callum Smith should be proud about the fact that he survived 12 rounds against one of the best boxers in the world right now.

Well..... this is the same Australian team, which got destroyed by India three years ago. Back then also, they had the home advantage. So it's not like a david vs goliath battle. Even now, I would say that it is a battle between two teams of equal strength. Australia may be having a slight home advantage, but that is it. I expect India to come back strongly in the second match.

Even the top 10 altcoins are very different from each other. They include stablecoins such as USDT and USDC, Bitcoin forks such as Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV, established altcoins such as Ethereum and Litecoin, third generation cryptocurrencies such as Cardano and Chainlink, and finally shitcoins such as Ripple. Ever since the start of the current rally, none of these top-10 alts have grown at a pace which is higher than that of Bitcoin.

I agree with the OP. Grammatically, the term is not accurate. But I guess the same terminology is used while dealing with equities and mutual funds, and even with other assets such as bonds and bullion. Also, the alternative terminology suggested by the OP, such as High to Date (HtD) and World Record High (WRH) doesn't sound that great. So for now, let's stick with the term ATH, although phonologically the term is wrong.

Taking out a loan to make investment doesn't sound like a clever idea for me. First of all, you will never get a loan which is interest-free. You will be forced to pay interest, at a rate higher than what you get from bank deposits. So even before starting your investment, you are down by a few points. On top of this, there is no guarantee that your investment will return good profits. So now the risk has doubled.

This news came up just now:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/india-in-australia/india-vs-australia-shubman-gill-kl-rahul-rishabh-pant-get-ready-for-boxing-day-test-wriddhiman-saha-prithvi-shaw-set-to-be-benched/articleshow/79823981.cms

Wriddhiman Saha and Prithvi Shaw are likely to be dropped for the second match, and they will be replaced in the playing XI by Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant. I am OK with Gill being included in the playing XI, but the decision to drop Saha after just one match is perplexing. Rishabh Pant is a promising young player, but he hasn't proved himself in the longer format. Also there are rumors that Mohammed Siraj will be replacing injured pacer Mohammad Shami.

I am not sure how much impact came from the Bitcoin Cash hard fork. There was some media coverage about it, but the hype was limited to the already existing users of cryptocurrency. IMO, most of the difference came from the decision by some of the mainstream exchanges to allow futures trading of Bitcoin. The rally of 2017 started immediately after the announcements by CME and CBOE.

Even now, there are a certain section of the investors who believe that 2017 would repeat (when altcoins went up much more than Bitcoin). But they are ignoring the most important fact this time. The current rally has nothing to do with altcoins. The spike has occurred solely due to the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin, and altcoins are not in the picture here. I would even predict that the Bitcoin dominance will increase from the current level of 65% to somewhere around 75%-80%.

This can happen, when the team is not performing well. When they are winning matches continuously, the players will have no issues in listening to the captain. But when they are losing matches consecutively the instinct is to put the blame on someone else and the captain and the management becomes the convenient scapegoats. It is OK for the players to make their complaints heard. But indiscipline should not be tolerated within the team.

I agree. When Bitcoin goes up, it goes up very fast and the same is applicable when it goes down. The current rally should take Bitcoin to the vicinity of $50,000, but I don't think that we need to wait until the end of next year to witness it. If Bitcoin has the potential to reach $50K, then that level may be attained by mid-2021. But no one can really predict upto which level Bitcoin will rise during this rally. It can go up to 30K, 50K or even 100K.

I know that a lot of people may be thinking that $10,000 per day is a very high limit and they don't need to bother about it. But FinCen will progressively reduce these rates. If you look at the history, they had a similar limit initially for international transactions involving cryptocurrency. But then this limit was progressively brought down to $500 per day. I think that they will do the same with the crypto wallets as well.